By Cameron Weimer via TheLantern.com --  Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer announced the post-spring practice two-deep depth chart, but also gave his input on topics concerning the Buckeyes and the current state of the Bowl Championship Series. Depth Chart OSU players were well aware that their playing time would be determined by what they accomplished during spring ball and the results of the players’ work was made public Wednesday. “We made a big emphasis with our players aboutspring practice is not just fundamentals, development ... Read More

By Doug Harris via springfieldnewssun.com -- A movement is afoot to alter the way college football crowns its national champion, but Ohio State coach Urban Meyer would prefer to stay with the status quo. He won two crowns at Florida, beating OSU in 2006 and Oklahoma in 2008. But the BCS championship era may be over. Conference commissioners and other officials are discussing proposals to implement a four-team playoff perhaps as soon as 2014. “If the purpose is to get a true national champion, ... Read More

By: Michael Carvell via ajc.com --  Some of college football’s biggest names endorsed the impending four-team playoff system to determine future national champions on Tuesday. “My opinion is people want to see the best four teams play,” Alabama coach Nick Saban said after playing in the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge celebrity golf tournament in Greensboro, Ga. “I don’t think we need to be watering it down with ‘You need to win a [conference] championship’ … they want to see the best four teams play.” Quick recap: ... Read More

By Kelly Whiteside via usatoday.com -- HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Whatever you call it, wherever you play it, for college football officials, the "p" word is no longer taboo. A four-team playoff probably is coming. "It's a seismic change for college football — if it happens," Bowl Championship Series executive director Bill Hancock said Thursday as the latest round of BCS meetings ended. The conference commissioners will now present the various models of a four-team playoff to their members during their annual meetings in....... READ THE ... Read More

By Daniel Kock via bleacherreport.com -- Ohio State fans should feel extremely confident as to what they'll see out of their offense in 2012 and moving forward under new head coach Urban Meyer. Meyer's resume speaks for itself. Everywhere he's been, he's won and his offenses have put up huge numbers. Meyer has won two BCS National Championships. He's won 13 games three times in his career and is the only BCS coach to do it in back-to-back years ... Read More

By Luke Pashke (BleacherReport.com) - - Due to the format of the BCS, in order to win a national championship, everything has to go right for one team. A single loss could completely take you out of contention, and two losses is almost a death sentence. Starting the season at least near the top 10 is almost required, and sometimes, just winning isn't even good enough. Despite all these hurdles, to say Ohio State has a chance to ... Read More

By Wes O'Donnell (BleacherReport.com) -- Urban Meyer and the Ohio State Buckeyes won't be competing for BCS Championship in 2012. Even if they weren't banned from postseason play, they still wouldn't be playing for the title next year. Coach Meyer's vaunted offensive scheme is not picked up overnight. His success with Alex Smith and Tim Tebow took some time. The quarterbacks, as Meyer himself noted, were not without elite playmakers either (via the Ozone.com): "One thing that Tim Tebow, Cam ... Read More

By Doug Lesmerises (The Plain Dealer) --  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The 2013 season will be the first in which Ohio State will be eligible to play for the Big Ten championship or reach the BCS title game under Urban Meyer. Assuming things go as planned for the Buckeyes, Meyer will be in his second season, quarterback Braxton Miller will be a third-year starter as a junior, the Buckeyes' highly-rated 2012 recruiting class will be more prepared to ... Read More

By: AP via ABC News -- The Bowl Championship Series as college football fans have come to know it is going away. Over the next six months, the people who oversee the much-maligned postseason format will talk about how to reconstruct the system for crowning a national champion. In the tumultuous 14-year history of the BCS, the appetite for change among college football's leaders has never been stronger. "It's my impression that ... there will be meaningful discussion about ... Read More

From: ESPN.com -- NEW ORLEANS -- Bowl Championship Series officials will meet Tuesday to exchange ideas about possible changes to the format of major college football's postseason system. "Everything you can imagine will be discussed," BCS executive director Bill Hancock said. "Everything from format, who plays who, to where they play, to the business aspect of it ... it's all going to be on the table." The meeting will bring together the 11 conference commissioners and ... Read More